1679 in literature
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This article lists some of the most significant events of the year 1679 in literature.
Events
- John LockeJohn LockeJohn Locke FRS , widely known as the Father of Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social...
returns to England from France. - Étienne BaluzeÉtienne BaluzeÉtienne Baluze was a French scholar, also known as Stephanus Baluzius.Born in Tulle, he was educated at his native town and took minor orders. As secretary to Pierre de Marca, archbishop of Toulouse, he won his appreciation of him, and at his death Marca left him all his papers...
becomes almoner to King Louis XIV of FranceLouis XIV of FranceLouis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
. - Thomas OtwayThomas OtwayThomas Otway was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for Venice Preserv'd, or A Plot Discover'd .-Life:...
returns from military service in the Netherlands. - In June, Nathaniel LeeNathaniel LeeNathaniel Lee was an English dramatist.He was the son of Dr Richard Lee, a Presbyterian clergyman who was rector of Hatfield and held many preferments under the Commonwealth...
's play The Massacre at Paris (about the St. Bartholomew's Day MassacreSt. Bartholomew's Day massacreThe St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence, both directed against the Huguenots , during the French Wars of Religion...
, as was MarloweChristopher MarloweChristopher Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. As the foremost Elizabethan tragedian, next to William Shakespeare, he is known for his blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his mysterious death.A warrant was issued for Marlowe's arrest on 18 May...
's play of the same title) was suppressed by the Stuart regime as anti-French. (The French were English allies at the time.)
New books
- Beaumont and FletcherBeaumont and FletcherBeaumont and Fletcher were the English dramatists Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, who collaborated in their writing during the reign of James I ....
- the second Beaumont and Fletcher folioBeaumont and Fletcher foliosThe Beaumont and Fletcher folios were two large folio collections of the stage plays of John Fletcher and his collaborators. The first was issued in 1647, and the second in 1679. The two collections were important in preserving many works of English Renaissance drama.-The first folio, 1647:The 1647... - Charles BlountCharles Blount (deist)Charles Blount was a British deist and controversialist who published several anonymous essays critical of the existing English order.-Life:...
- Anima Mundi
New drama
- Aphra BehnAphra BehnAphra Behn was a prolific dramatist of the English Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing contributed to the amatory fiction genre of British literature.-Early life:...
- The Feigned Courtesans- The Young King
- John CrowneJohn CrowneJohn Crowne was a British dramatist and a native of Nova Scotia.His father "Colonel" William Crowne, accompanied the earl of Arundel on a diplomatic mission to Vienna in 1637, and wrote an account of his journey...
- The Ambitious Statesman, or the Loyal Favourite - John DrydenJohn DrydenJohn Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.Walter Scott called him "Glorious John." He was made Poet...
- Oedipus- Troilus and Cressida, or Truth Found Too Late (adapted from Shakespeare's Troilus and CressidaTroilus and CressidaTroilus and Cressida is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602. It was also described by Frederick S. Boas as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The play ends on a very bleak note with the death of the noble Trojan Hector and destruction of the love between Troilus...
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- Troilus and Cressida, or Truth Found Too Late (adapted from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida
- Nathaniel LeeNathaniel LeeNathaniel Lee was an English dramatist.He was the son of Dr Richard Lee, a Presbyterian clergyman who was rector of Hatfield and held many preferments under the Commonwealth...
- Caesar Borgia- The Massacre at Paris
- Thomas OtwayThomas OtwayThomas Otway was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for Venice Preserv'd, or A Plot Discover'd .-Life:...
- The History and Fall of Caius Marius - Jacques PradonJacques PradonJacques Pradon, often called Nicolas Pradon, was a French playwright. Early in his career he was helped by Pierre Corneille and was introduced to the salons at the Hôtel de Nevers and the Hôtel de Bouillon by Madame Deshoulières....
- La Troade - Thomas ShadwellThomas ShadwellThomas Shadwell was an English poet and playwright who was appointed poet laureate in 1689.-Life:Shadwell was born at Stanton Hall, Norfolk, and educated at Bury St Edmunds School, and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, which he entered in 1656. He left the university without a degree, and...
- The Woman Captain
Poetry
- "Ephelia" (Mary VilliersMary Stewart, Duchess of RichmondMary Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Duchess of Lennox , formerly Lady Mary Villiers, was the daughter of the 1st Duke of Buckingham....
?) - Female Poems...by Ephelia
Births
- January 24 - Christian Wolff (philosopher)Christian Wolff (philosopher)Christian Wolff was a German philosopher.He was the most eminent German philosopher between Leibniz and Kant...
(died 1745) - August 16 - Catherine Trotter CockburnCatherine Trotter CockburnCatharine Trotter Cockburn was a novelist, dramatist, and philosopher.-Life:Born to Scottish parents living in London,Trotter was raised Protestant but converted to Roman Catholicism at an early age...
, novelist, dramatist and philosopher (died 1749) - September 11 - Thomas ParnellThomas ParnellThomas Parnell was a poet and clergyman, born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was a friend of both Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. He participated in the Scriblerus Club, contributing to The Spectator, and he also aided Pope in his translation of The Iliad...
, clergyman and poet (died 1718) - September 24 - Eugenio Gerardo LoboEugenio Gerardo LoboEugenio Gerardo Lobo Huerta was a Spanish soldier and poet. He was the Military Governor of Barcelona from 1746 until his death.-References:...
, soldier and poet (died 1750) - September 26 - Johann Gottlob CarpzovJohann Gottlob CarpzovJohann Gottlob Carpzov was a German Christian Old Testament scholar, a nephew of Johann Benedict Carpzov II and a son of Samuel Benedict Carpzov. He was the most famous and most important Biblical scholar of the Carpzov family...
, Biblical scholar (died 1767) - October 26 - Heinrich Jacob BashuysenHeinrich Jacob BashuysenHeinrich Jacob Bashuysen was a German Christian printer of Hebrew books and Orientalist.Bashuysen was born at Hanau, Prussia. He founded a printing-establishment in his native city between 1709 and 1712; and over 100 publications were issued from his press...
, printer (died c. 1750) - date unknown
- Abel EvansAbel EvansAbel Evans was an English clergyman, academic, and poet, a self-conscious follower of John Milton.-Life:He was son of Abel Evans of London, born in February 1679. He entered Merchant Taylors' School in 1685. He was elected probationary fellow of St. John's College, Oxford , proceeded regularly to...
, poet (died 1737) - Charles JohnsonCharles Johnson (writer)Charles Johnson was an English playwright, tavern keeper, and enemy of Alexander Pope's. He was a dedicated Whig who allied himself with the Duke of Marlborough, Colley Cibber, and those who rose in opposition to Queen Anne's Tory ministry of 1710 - 1714.Johnson claimed to be trained in the law,...
, dramatist (died 1748) - Robert WodrowRobert WodrowRobert Wodrow , Scottish historian, was born at Glasgow, being a son of James Wodrow, professor of divinity.-Biography:Ordered as in the text above:...
, Scottish historian (died 1734)
- Abel Evans
- probable - Penelope AubinPenelope AubinPenelope Aubin was an English novelist and translator.-Works:* The Stuarts : A Pindarique Ode * The Extasy: A Pindarick Ode to Her Majesty The Queen...
, novelist and translator (died c. 1731)
Deaths
- January 11 - Joannes Lucius, Dalmatian historian (born 1604)
- February 5 - Joost van den VondelJoost van den VondelJoost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...
, Dutch dramatist (born 1587) - April 4 - Christian Hoffmann von HoffmannswaldauChristian Hoffmann von HoffmannswaldauChristian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau was a German poet of the Baroque era.He was born and died in Breslau in Silesia. During his education in Danzig and Leiden, he befriended Martin Opitz and Andreas Gryphius, both leading figures in 17th century German poetry...
, German poet (born 1616) - October 12 - William GurnallWilliam GurnallWilliam Gurnall was an English author and clergyman born at King's Lynn, Norfolk.He was educated at the free grammar school of his native town, and in 1631 was nominated to the Lynn scholarship in Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1635 and MA in 1639...
, religious writer (born 1617) - October 26 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of OrreryRoger Boyle, 1st Earl of OrreryRoger Boyle redirects here. For others of this name, see Roger Boyle Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery was a British soldier, statesman and dramatist. He was the third surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and Richard's second wife, Catherine Fenton. He was created Baron of Broghill on...
(born 1621) - December 4 - Thomas HobbesThomas HobbesThomas Hobbes of Malmesbury , in some older texts Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury, was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy...
, philosopher (born 1588)- Jacob AltingJacob AltingJacob Alting was a Dutch philologist and theologian. He was professor at the University of Groningen: in 1643 in oriental languages and in 1667 in theology. His publications were overseen in 1687 by Balthasar Bekker....
, philologist and theologian (born 1618) - Johann Michael VanslebJohann Michael VanslebJohann Michael Vansleb was a German theologian, linguist and Egypt traveller. He converted to Catholicism and was a member of the Dominican Order from 1666....
, theologian and linguist (born 1635)
- Jacob Alting